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Сердце вещун

English translation: one's heart is the best foreteller


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15:07 Dec 20, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: Сердце вещун
This proverb comes up a number of times in the book I'm translating. Neither "the heart has its reasons" or "women's intuition" seem to work. Do we have a similar proverb anyone can think of?
Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 23:52
English translation:one's heart is the best foreteller
Explanation:
Here is the proverb: "Сердце — лучший вещун".
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/kuznetsov/5639/вещун

http://melodict.com/вещун
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Anton Shcheglov
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:52
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Summary of answers provided
4prophetic heart
Anastassiya Stepanov
4the soothsayer heart
Anna Rubtsova
4the all-seeing heart
Mark Berelekhis
3 +1one's heart is the best foreteller
Anton Shcheglov
3having feeling that something bad is going to happenZamira


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having feeling that something bad is going to happen


Explanation:
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Note added at 13 mins (2011-12-20 15:20:18 GMT)
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a feeling

Zamira
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
one's heart is the best foreteller


Explanation:
Here is the proverb: "Сердце — лучший вещун".
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/kuznetsov/5639/вещун

http://melodict.com/вещун


Anton Shcheglov
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:52
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4

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the all-seeing heart


Explanation:
Not sure about a universal translation (see хозяйство), context-based variations might work better.

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 23:52
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the soothsayer heart


Explanation:
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Anna Rubtsova
Ukraine
Local time: 06:52
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prophetic heart


Explanation:
predictive heart

Anastassiya Stepanov
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in KazakhKazakh
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